Los Salieris de Charly

The Salieris of Charly

Los Salieris de Charly

We are peasants of the altroque raceSomos campesinos de la raza de altroque
Never a tourist from the famous give me threeJamás un turista del famoso deme tres
We were born on grass, barbecue and lots of wineNacimos en el pasto, asado y mucho vino
But we will never be a fat ArgentinePero nunca seremos un gordito argentino

We like the land, we hate the cityNos gusta la tierra odiamos la ciudad
But we know that in the dust there is no opportunityMás sabemos que en el polvo no hay oportunidad
We go from here, we go thereAndamos de aquí, andamos para allá
We shock the country by telling the truthChocamos a pais diciendo la verdad

Thank goodness we are not just anyoneMenos mal, no somos cualquiera
They never hated us at schoolNunca nos odiaron en la escuela
Thank goodness we are not just anyoneMenos mal, no somos cualquiera
We never lie in churchNunca mentimos en la iglesia
We are from the group Charly's SalierisSomos del grupo los salieris de Charly
We steal melodies from him, ah, ah, ahLe robamos melodias a el, ah, ah, ah

We want a young president nowQueremos ya un presidente joven
Let him love life and face deathQue ame la vida que enfrente la muerte
Yours, mine, a dog's, a cat'sLa tuya, la mía, de un perro, de un gato
From a tree of all the peopleDe un árbol de toda la gente
We bought the page, we read GaleanoCompramos el página, leemos a Galeano
We sing with La Negra, we listen to Victor JaraCantamos con la Negra, escuchamos Victor Jara
They say youth has noDicen la juventud no tiene
To govern enough experiencePara gobernar experiencia suficiente
Thank goodness I never have itMenos mal, que nunca la tenga
Experience of stealingExperiencia de robar

Thank goodness I never have itMenos mal, que nunca la tenga
Experience of lyingExperiencia de mentir
We are from the group Charly's SalierisSomos del grupo los salieris de Charly
We steal melodies from him, ah, ah, ahLe robamos melodias a el, ah, ah, ah

Even though we have a Robertone teamAunque tengamos un equipo Robertone
A Leme, a ucoa, to get the voice outUn Leme, un ucoa, para sacar la voz
There will always be enough to tell you loudlySiempre sobrara para decirte fuerte
Whether you are shit or notSi sos un mierda o no
In the pearl of eleven you composed the raftEn la perla del once compusiste la balsa
After the gray hair you didn't go out anymoreDespués de la cana no saliste más
What will they tell us for not thinking the same?Que nos diran por no pensar lo mismo
Now that communism does not existAhora que no existe el comunismo
They will be thinking the sameEstaran pensando igual
Now they are all sickAhora son todos enfermitos
They will be thinking the sameEstaran pensando igual
Now they are all drug addictsAhora son todos drogadictos
We are from the group Charly's SalierisSomos del grupo los salieris de Charly
We steal melodies from him, ah, ah, ahLe robamos melodias a el, ah, ah, ah

The 1% wants to twist thisEl 1 % quiere esto torcer
9% have the powerEl 9 % tiene el poder
Of what remains, only 50% eatsDe lo que queda el 50 solo come
And the rest die without knowing whyY el resto se muere sin saber por que
It's my country, it's the country of ChristEs mi pais, es el pais de Cristo
We give everything without receivingDamos todo sin recibir
It's my country, it's a sponge countryEs mi pais, es un pais esponja
It sucks up everything that happensSe chupa todo lo que paso
Thank goodness we are hereMenos mal que estamos acá
We are not going to compromiseNosotros no vamos a transar
Thank goodness we are hereMenos mal que estamos acá
We are not going to stopNosotros no vamos a parar
We are from the group Charly's SalierisSomos del grupo los salieris de Charly
We steal melodies from him, ah, ah, ahLe robamos melodias a el, ah, ah, ah

We are lonely guys who eat from the canSomos tipos solos comemos de la lata
We like the sun of the Tilcara cemeteryNos gusta el Sol del cementerio de Tilcara
The Odeon is in a hurry, our friends are in a hurryNos apura la Odeon, nos apuran los amigos
They spend money on us on the phone asking if we haveNos gastan por teléfono pidiendo si tenemos
We give money to the garbage collectorsLes damos guita a los basureros
We sell a lot of records but we are just like themVendemos muchos discos pero somos igual que ellos
What is our fault if we go to the most scratchy bar?Que culpa tenemos si vamos al bar más rasca
Let's have some wine with the drunk who sings to usA tomarnos unos vinos con el borracho que nos canta
We like Magaldi singing chamameNos gusta Magaldi cantando chamame
We always mention PuglieseSiempre mencionamos a Pugliese
Troilo and Grela is the main albumTroilo y Grela es disco cabecera
We always mention PuglieseSiempre mencionamos a Pugliese
We are from Charly's group Los SaliereSomos del grupo los saliere de Charly
We steal melodies from him, ah, ah, ahLe robamos melodias a el, ah, ah, ah